Zoomies! Help please

[Liamcockapoo]

Our Cockapoo is 12 weeks old now and settling in well. Only issue is she has these zoomies a few times a day. Despite getting plenty exercise, they can’t stop. It’s not a huge problem but she just won’t listen when she is having one! She generally really good and coming when you call her, but not when she’s on a zoomies. There is nothing we can think of to stop her. Does anyone have any advice. Please ?

 

[Tinytom]

Lurchers are well known for their Zoomies ....she will grow out of these mad times ...

 

[JoanneF]

Once she has started, she won't listen and it's too late to try to stop her - like trying to brake after you have driven your car over a cliff edge.

You could try to prevent it by recognising when she is starting to get overtired (often a trigger) and ask her to do something calm like lick frozen food out of a Kong.

Or enjoy - the zoomies are a joyous thing!

 

[JudyN]

I second the above - you can do what you can to avoid overtiredness, but otherwise just enjoy the zoomies!

 

[Jan Woodhall]

Once she has started, she won't listen and it's too late to try to stop her - like trying to brake after you have driven your car over a cliff edge.

You could try to prevent it by recognising when she is starting to get overtired (often a trigger) and ask her to do something calm like lick frozen food out of a Kong.

Or enjoy - the zoomies are a joyous thing!

Blimmey! Not Robins' zoomies! He's nearly knocked himself clean out twice, once I thought he had dislocated his hip and twice I'm sure he has bent his toes! Now we get fewer zoomies, and more leaping onto my head and back and biting!